Car-fender.



MGKENDRIE A. SPRAGUE.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION IILEDMARJ. 1912 Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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IHE NORRIS PETERS 60.. PHOTOJJTHQ. WASHINGTON. D 5.

I MQKBNDRIE A. SPRAGUE.

GAR FENDER.

APPLICATION FILED MAILS, 1912.

Patented Nov. 24, 1914.

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THE NORRIS PETERS CO.. PHOTO-I I Q, WASHINGTON. Dv I.

UNITED STATES PAT T f.

MCKENDBIE A. SP RAGUE, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON.

CAR-FENDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented N 24, 1914.

Application filed March 5, 1912. Serial No. 681,817.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MCKENDR E A. SPRAGUE, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Seattle, in the county of King,

State of Washington, have invented cer-' spect to the car body, and also in regard to the means for throwing my device into operative engagement with the traction wheels of the car.

The invention will be fully described in the following specification and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view of my device ap plied to a street car, the forward truck only being shown, the frame work of the truck and the body of the car being broken away. Fig. 2 is a side elevation, looking toward the left, of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a front end elevation, parts being broken away. Fig. l is a detached detail view of one side of the frame work, partly in section upon the line 03x of Fig. 1 looking toward the right. Fig. 5 is an enlarged detail view of a portion of the gearing, partly in section, on the line y-y of Fig. 3, looking toward the left. Fig. 6 is a view of another portion of the gearing, embraced in the outline 22 of Fig. 3, looking toward the right. Fig. 7 is an enlarged broken detail view of the plate releasing means and associated parts. Referring now more particularly to the drawings the reference character 1 designates the body of the car; 2, the front truck; 3, the king bolt which connects the car to the truck; 4, the traction wheels; 5, the rails of the car tracks. Pivoted at 6, to the truck frame 2, are the side arms 7 of my device, at each side of the truck frame one of the arms 7 is of considerable thickness except at its extreme forward end and is box-like at its thicker portion to contain certain parts, as will be hereinafter explained. At the free ends of the arms 7 are pivoted, at S, the supplemental arms 9, to the lower edges of which is pivoted. upon the rod 10, the plate 11, to which is hinged, at 12, the curved cover 13. Extending downwardly through the cut out portions 1 1, in the plate 11, are the fingers 15, which project rigidly from the rod 10, the latter being revoluble in its bearings in the supplemental arms 9. the rod 10 isthe lever16, to the upper end of which is connected the link 17, upon the rear end of which is the stud 1.7 which projects through the slot 17 inone of the arms 9 (see Fig. 2). Slidably mounted in its bearings 19 is the rod 20, from which downwardly project the lugs 21 so as to straddle the stud 17?. The bearing 19 nearer the forward end of the device is in loop form, as shown in'Figs. 2 and 3, and, freely swings upon the pin 8. Slidably mounted within the chamber 22 in one of the arms 7 is the rack member :23 which is enlarged at 21- so as to slidingly fit between the upper and lower walls of the chamber 22. Meshingwith the upper teeth of therack member 23 is the pinion 25, having the angular extension 26 to which a crank may be applied to draw the rack member 23 toward the left against the tension of the spring 27, one end of whichis secured to the arm 7 and its opposite end to the rack member 23, as shown in Fig. 2. lVith the lower teeth 28 of the rack member 23 mesh 7 is the shaft 33 from which extend radially the flat projections 31, which const tute the revolving portion of my improved fender. The sides of the truck frame 2 are notched or recessed as at 33 so as to allow the ends of the shaft 33 to extend out to the arms 7 in such manner as not to interferewith the upward pivotal movement of the arms 7 with relation to the truck frame 2. Secured to the left hand end of the shaft 33 is the gear wheel 35, which meshes" with the similar wheel 36, which revolves upon its stud 37 extending from the arm 7. In mesh with the wheel 36 is the wheel 38, which is secured to the shaft 39, revolubly mounted between the arms 9, and in which is the joint 40 to allow for the lateral movement of the right hand end of the shaft 39 in the its elongated bearing 41 (see Fig. 2), the left hand end of the shaft 39 being adonnron.

Secured to one end of ditionally supported by the arm 11* extend- 1 ing rigidly from the arm 7, and to its right hand end is secured the friction wheel 42. The sides of the truck frame are notched at 552* and 32 to allow the passage of the shaft 39 and the bracket all, end for the same reason that the notches 33 are cut, as above explained.

l dounted upon the truck is the motor a e-5, to the shaft es: of which is secured the gear wheel eh) which meshes with the wheel L6, which revolves with relation to its supporting bracket 4'7 projecting from the frame work of the truck (see l i'g. l). Meshing with the wheel 4:6 is the wheel 48 which is loose upon the shaft but adapted to rotate therewith by means otthe ratchet and pawl. mechanism $53, the ratchet being fixed to the shaft. i is a battery or other source of electrical energy which is connected to the motor 4-3 hy the wires 50. 51 indicates a switch, normally open. Upon the floor of the car is mounted the treadle pivoted at Ellidahly mounted in the bearings 54:, secured to the bottom of the car, is the reach 55, which is upturned at to contact with the under surface oi the treadle 52. At the rear of the reach 55 the roller which is normally held out ol contact with the sector 58 by the spring 59, which normally draws the reach 55 toward the left. The sector :38 is pivoted, st 60, to the bar 61, one end of which is pivoted, at (32, to the frame worlroi the truck 2, and its opposite end is loosely confined under the strap (53, secured to the frame work oi the truck. A similar strap confines one end of a simi lar bur 61 pivoted, st 64, to the sector 58, and, at also pivoted to the frame work of the truck. spring 66 normally holds the bars 61 and G1 in thepositions shown in F 1. Piroted at 67 tothe her 61, is the her 68, through the forward end '0'! which loosely passes the shai t 89, the collars holding the bar (58 against lateral movement with relation to the shaft The aperture in the her 68, through which passes the shaft 39, is elongated indicated by dotted lines in Fig. 1.. Upon the dash hoard 70 ot' the car are mounted the pinions 71 which cooperate with the perpendicular racks 72. To one of the pinions 71 is connected the crenlr Y3. The horizontal rack 74 also meshes with the pinions 71 so that by turning the crank 73 both of the pinions 71 are actuated simultaneously. The lower ends of the perpendicular racks 72 are rigidly secured to the semicircular plate 75 upon which are the rollers 76. Piyotally connected to the arms 9 is the bail 77, the upper portion 77 of which is bent around,-us shown in Fig. 2, so as to hook over the rollers "7 6. Upon the dash board 70 may be mounted an antilirictionroller such as shown at 78. If

desired the supplemental arms 9 may he moved upwardly about their pivots 8, and

' the there secured to the hook 80 of the chain 79, which may he of any desired length. EX- tcnding from one of the supplemental arms 9 to the other is the rod 81 from which is suspended the net 82. Loosely hanging from the rod 81 is a rod 83, upon the lower end of which is sleeved the tube Fa l, to which the lower edge of the net 82 is secured, and at the lower end of which is the hook 85 which engs the strap 86 secured to the plate 11, and at the side of which is the hook Projecting from the inside of the arm 9 is the eye 88 through which passes one end of the her 89, the opposite end of which is slidahly mounted upon the studs 90 projecting from the arm 7, and upon its lower side are the rack teeth 91 meshing with the pinion 92- secured to the she-ft 33. Upon the upper side of the her 89 is the notch 93 which receives one end of the trigger 941 pivoted, at 95, to the arm.

The operation 01 the device as follows :The plate 11 is raised into its posi- \"iously explained, and clearly shown in Fig. :2. it now, during the travel oi? the car, on

object contact with the fingers 15 the rod 10 will he roteted and, through the levers 16, her 17, stud 17 and lugs 21, the her 20 will drawn forward and out of contact with the member 32, allowing the latter to swing downwardly and release the member 29 and permit the rack member .23 to move toward right under tension of the spring 27, which carries the right hand end of the shaft with its friction wheel 45? into contact with the traction wheel 4:, causing the shaft 59 to rotate, and, through the gear wheels 38, 36 and 35, transmit motion to the shaft 3 and attached radial projections just referred to, rocks the trigger shout its pivot 95 and lifts the ri t hand end of the same out of engagement with the notch 93 (see l. The rotation of the shaft 33 with its pinion 92 carries the rod 89 rearwardly and draws the same out of engage-- ment with the hook 87 upon the tube 8t and allows the latter to fall with the rear end of the attached plate ll, the plate, olicourse, .iorinig about its pivot 10. By this time the objec struck contacts with the now revolving; projections 3-it and is thereby lifted or thrown safely forward upon the plate 1.1 and against the net If, for any reason, the fingers should not trip the inecl'mnism as above described, the driver of the car, upon the near approach to an object upon the track, may press upon :the treadle 52, causing the reach 55 to more rearwardly which, through the roller 57, sector 58, bars 61 and 6?, will he shaft 09 in its rearward movement cause the bar 68 to move backwardly, carrying with it the right hand section of the shaft 39 with its attached wheel 42 until the latter contacts with the traction wheel a and is thereby set in motion. If desired both the shafts 33 and 39 can be constantly rotated by closing the switch 51 and setting in motion the motor 43, which, through the shaft d4, wheels 4L5, 46 and 48 and ratchet mechanism 48, transmits motion to the shaft 89, which, through the chains of parts already described, rotates the shaft 33.

There is adecided advantage in having the motor 43 in reserve, as above explained, in that, if an object be sighted upon the track ahead, the motorman, of course, will shut off the motivepower of the car and apply the brake, and, in some instances, the car may be brought almost to a stop by the time the revolving projections 3a reach the object and the revolutions of those projections being so slow at that time may cause the projections to fail to pick up the object and throw it forward upon the plate 11; whereas if, at the time the object is sighted, the motorman judges that the above described condition is likely to occur, he can immediately close the switch 51 and cause the projections 34: to rotate despite the almost stationary condition of the car at the time the projections 34 reach the object. It is obvious that no matter whether the car is traveling in a straight line, or around a curve, the operation of the treadle ,52 is effective to cause the rotation of the traction wheels to be transmitted to the working parts of my device. a

I do not desire to be limited to the exact construction and arrangement of the parts as hereinabove described, as many modifications thereof are possible without departing from the spirit and scope of the invention.

l/Vhat I claim as new and desire to protect by Letters Patent is 1. A vehicle fender comprising in combi nation, side arms adapted to be pivoted to the vehicle, a shaft revoluble between said arms, radial projections from said shaft, means for transmitting motion from the wheels of the vehicle to said shaft, said means including a sector mounted upon the vehicle; supplemental arms pivoted to the first mentioned arms, a plate pivoted to said supplemental arms forwardly of the said radial projections so as to receive an object thrown forward by said radial projections, means for swinging the said plate upwardly about its pivot, means for holding the plate after it is so swung, and means for automatically freeing the same from said holding means.

2. A vehicle fender comprising in combination, side arms adapted to be pivoted to the vehicle, a shaft revolubly mounted be tween said arms, radial projections from said shaft, means for transmitting motion from the wheels of the vehicle to said shaft, said means including a sector mounted upon the vehicle and a slidable reach upon the vehicle, said reach being yieldingly held out of engagement with said sector, means for sliding said reach, supplemental arms pivoted to the first mentioned arms forwardly of the said radial projections, a plate pivoted to said supplemental arms and adapted to receive a body thrown forward by said radial projections, means for swinging the said plate upwardly and forwardly about its pivot, means for holding the plate after it is so swung, and automatically acting means for releasing the same from its holding means.

3.. A vehicle fender comprising in combination, sidev arms adapted to be pivoted to the front of the vehicle, a shaft revoluble be tween said arms, radial projections upon said shaft, means for transmitting motion from the vehicle wheels to the said shaft, said means including a jointed shaft, a sector mounted upon the vehicle and a slidable reach, a pivoted plate adapted to receive a body thrown forward by said radial projections, means for swinging said plate inwardly and upwardly about its pivot and means for holding the said plate after it is so swung, means for automatically releasing said plate from its holding means, a motor carried by the vehicle and capable of continuous operation independent of the motive power of the vehicle, connections between said motor and said jointed shaft whereby power is transmitted to said jointed shaft regardless of whether-said means for transmitting motion from the vehicle wheels to said first mentioned shaft is in operative engagement with the vehicle wheels or not.

4. A vehicle fender comprising in combination, side arms adapted to be pivoted to the front of the vehicle, a shaft revoluble between said arms, radial projections from said shaft, means for transmitting motion from the vehicle wheels to said shaft, said means including a sector and a slidable reach upon the vehicle, supplemental arms pivoted to the first mentioned arms and a plate pivoted to said supplemental arms and forwardly of the said radial projections, means upon the vehicle for swinging said supplemental arms about their pivots and holding the same in various positions, said means including a horizontal rack, a crank and a vertical rack.

MOKENDRIE A. SPRAGUE. Witnesses:

FRED P. GORIN, H. RUPERT.

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